禪林象器箋序
Zen Grove Symbols and Implements: Preface
五葉結果之後。稟承祖胤者。多附居律寺而已矣。百丈和尚。創意而設禪居。震耀儀表規矩。以謀令法久住。乃覩有師徒焉。有堂舍焉。有禮則焉。有器服焉。以義定各。論云語於名轉。名於義轉。(止此)名義既穊矣。須是紬繹其義。而發明其名也忠顓蒙。有志于茲。大凡佛教儒典。諸子歷史。詩文小說。目之所及。意之所詣。遠蒐近羅。或對斜陽。或挑殘燈。多累歲月。稍覺無遺漏焉。且輟簡。而題其稾。以禪林象器箋矣。易曰。見乃謂之象。形乃謂之器。如今所謂。象器者。名義之所競趣也。
After the Five Leaves bore fruit, those who inherited the ancestral line mostly attached themselves to living in Vinaya monasteries. Then Elder Baizhang, with original vision, established Zen dwellings, making the forms of demeanor and the rules of conduct shine forth, in order to ensure the Dharma would long endure. Thereupon one sees teachers and disciples, halls and buildings, rules of propriety, and vessels and robes. Names were fixed by meaning; as the treatise says, speech turns upon names, and names turn upon meaning. (End of note) Since names and meanings are now abundant, one must unravel their meanings and illuminate their names. I, Zhongzhuanmeng, have set my mind on this. Broadly, in Buddhist teachings, Confucian classics, the works of the various philosophers, histories, poetry, prose, and fiction—whatever my eyes have reached and my mind has arrived at, I have gathered from afar and collected from near. Sometimes facing the slanting sun, sometimes trimming a dwindling lamp, I have spent many months and years, and now feel that little has been left out. So I pause my writing and title the draft: the Phoenix-Collected Notes on Terms and Implements of the Zen Grove. The Yijing says: "What is seen is called an image; what takes form is called an implement." What are now called terms and implements are precisely where names and meanings both converge.
寬保元年辛酉秋九月 日
The first year of Kanpō, year of the metal rooster, autumn, ninth month
葆雨堂主八十九翁道忠無著題
Written by Daozhong Wuzhuo, master of the Baoyu Hall, at age eighty-nine
禪林象器箋
Zen Forest Symbol and Implement Notes
神京妙心龍華沙懣道忠無著甫輯
第一類 區界門